Jesus Gives Thanks, Blesses, and Answers Questions Luke 10:21-37 The Gospel of Luke Jesus Gives Thanks, Blesses, and Answers Questions Luke 10:21-37

[21] In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

[22] All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” [23] Then turning to the disciples he said privately, . . .

“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! [24] For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” [25] And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, . . .

“Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” [26] He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” [27] And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

[28] And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” [29] But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” [30] Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.

[31] Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. [32] So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. [33] But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.

[34] He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine [34] He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. [35] And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’

[36] Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” [37] He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” (Luke 10:21-37)

Jesus Gives Thanks for the Will of the Father (vv. 21-22) “He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit” “You have hidden these things . . . and . . . revealed them to little children “For such was your gracious will”

Jesus Blesses the Eyes & Ears of His Disciples (vv. 23-24) “He said privately . . .” “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! . . . [and ears that] hear what you hear! “many prophets and kings desired to see what you see . . .”

Jesus Answers the Honest Questions of a Lawyer (vv. 25-37) “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” “And who is my neighbor?” “Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor . . . ?”

“Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. . . . Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.” ~ Henri Nouwen

“You go, and do likewise.”